Admitted
1949, Mississippi; 1975, District of Columbia
Law School
University of Mississippi, LL.B., 1949
Law School Graduation Year
1949
College
University of Mississippi, B.A., 1943
Memberships
Hinds County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar.
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa. Editor-in-Chief, Mississippi Law Journal, 1948-1949. Governor, State of Mississippi, 1980-1984; Lt. Governor, State of Mississippi, 1972-1976; Mississippi State Treasurer, 1964-1968; Mississippi State Tax Collector, 1956-1964; Mississippi House of Representatives, 1948-1956. Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation. Chair: Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (ACIR), 1993-1997; Board of Directors, Kettering Foundation, 1985-1994; Jackson International Trade Commission, 1987-1995; Jackson-Vicksburg Foreign Trade Zone, 1990—. Member, President's Advisory Board on Race, 1997-1998. President, Board of Directors, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 1973—. Chair: Foundation for the Mid South, 1990-1992; Appalachian Regional Commission, 1983; Southern Regional Education Board, 1982; Southern Growth Policies Board, 1981.